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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ... - Page 110
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...22.) 1 The following passage in Paradise Lost illustrates these expressions : of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely 35 form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the...
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English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1881 - 798 pages
...who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the ;;od Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form...gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. \Ve have not found them all yet, Lords and Commons ! nor ever shall do, till her Master's second corning...
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Suggestive Thoughts on Religious Subjects: A Dictionary of Quotations and ...

Religion - 1881 - 552 pages
...asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good...lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered theui TRUTH to the four winds. From that time ever since the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear,...
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A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading ...

Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon1 with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good...as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis5 made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they...
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History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in ..., Volume 2

William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Europe - 1882 - 404 pages
...the good Osyris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and seattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since...careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osyris, went up and down gathering up limb and limb, still as they could find them. We have not yet...
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The Story of English Literature

Anna Buckland - English literature - 1882 - 548 pages
...deceivers, who took Truth and hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the winds. From that time ever since the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. We have not yet found them...
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English Word Study: A Series of Exercises in English Etymology. To which are ...

Hugh Fraser Campbell - English language - 1883 - 128 pages
...asleep, then strait arose a wicked race of deceivers, who as that story goes of the ./Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good...gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. 6. Give any of the words in Latin or Greek cognate .with the following, and show how Grimm's Law applies...
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Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ...

Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the god Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form...Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and THE MILKMAID. 199 down gathering up limb by limb, still as they could find them. We have not yet found...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Taith, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search...Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb stilj as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, • How (key dealt mtk Ou jood Oniri»....
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